1940 VFL Season Round 7: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1940 between Footscray and Carlton during round seven of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts. Jim Francis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Brighton Diggins.

Footscray (12.18.90) defeated Carlton (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 8 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Carlton
Score: 12.18.90 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 4 . 13 7 . 15 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Carlton 5 . 3 8 . 4 11 . 7 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin CARL by 18 CARL by 15 CARL by 16 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Carlton

Captain: Jim Francis
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Boniface, Alf ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
32 Dolphin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 3 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 5 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 3 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 18

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 3 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Cameron, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 Mann, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
20 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 4 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 8

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s